Combined hat-rack and table



(No Model.)

W. J-. BALLOW. COMBINED HAT BACK AND TABLE. No. 601,422. Patented Mar.29, 1898.

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W/TNESSES UNITED STATES WILLIAM J. BALLOl/V, OF RIDDLETON, TENNESSEE.

COMBINED HAT-RACK AND TABLE.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 601,422, dated March 29,1898. Application filed March 6, 1897. Serial No. 626,260. (llo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. BALLOW, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Riddleton, in the county of Smith and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Hat-Rack and Table; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention has relation to improvements in combined hat-racks,ironing-tables, and lamp or candle stands; and the object is to providea simple, cheap, and convenient article of furniture that can beconvert-ed into the various articles above mentioned as the use ofeither one is required.

To this end the novelty consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device as a hat-rack. Fig. 2 is asimilar viewin position as an ironing-table. Fig. 3 represents thedevice converted into a lamp or candle stand, and Fig. 4 is a verticalsection of the stand shown in Fig; 3.

Referring to Fig. 2, 1 2 represent the legs or standards, eachcomprising in its construction diagonal cross-braces 4 4, horizontal topand bottom braces 5 6, and a vertical standard 7, made integral, asshown, or separate and suitably secured together, if desired.

9 and 10 represent the two halves of a horizontal brace, having theirouter ends connected to blocks 7 on the inner sides of the standards 7 7by a hinge 12 and their inner contiguous ends connected by a similarhinge 13, secured to the under side of the members 9 10, so as to permitthem to fold upwardly in the center, as shown in Fig. 3. The up per faceof the member 9 is provided with an ordinary bolt 14, which engages akeeper 15, secured on the upper face of the member 10 to form a rigidjoint at the hinge 13 when the brace is in the position shown in Fig. 2.

16 16 represent longitudinal diagonal rods formed with a hinged joint 17about midway of their length, and their lower ends are hinged to staples18 18, fixed in the two halves of the longitudinal brace, and theirupper diverging ends are likewise hinged in staples 19 19 in thecross-brace 4 4.

20 represents .a sleeve snugly encompassing each rod 16, and they areadapted to slide over the hinged joint 17, their lower ends restingagainst a transverse pin 21 to hold them in place over said joint andprevent its flexing.

22 represents the longitudinal rectangular ironing-board, the under sideof which near its forward end is provided with a pair of dowel-pins 2323, which engage corresponding orifices 24 in the upper edge of thecontiguous horizontal brace 6 to hold the ironing-board in position andprevent its accidental longitudinal or lateral displacement when in useand at the same time acting as a limited hinge to permit the rear end ofthe ironing-board to be raised to insert a skirt, shirt, or similararticle under it to conveniently iron it.

25 25 represent a series of suitable pegs or studs secured to thediagonal and transverse braces of the legs and having their outer endsprojecting, as shown, to form supports for hats, coats, and the likewhen the device is organized as a rack. (Shown in Fig. 1.)

To change it from an ironing-table to a hatrack, the board 22 isdetached and the sleeves 2O 20 slipped upward on their respective rodsto release the joint 17 and permit the rods to fold inwardly at saidjoints, so that the legs 1 and 2 may be turned inwardly and closed downon the longitudinal brace 9 10, and when in this position thecross-braces 6 6 approximately lie in the same plane, so that thesliding pins 26 26 in the cross-brace 6 will engage the orifice 24 inthe opposite brace to secure the legs 1 and 2 in the folded position,(shown in Fig. 1,) in which the pegs 25 project horizontally to formsupports, as above described.

As thehinges 12 are offset or projected out from the standards 7 bybeing secured to the blocks 7 ample space is afforded between the leg 1and the brace 9, also leg 2 and brace 10, for the hinged braces 16 tolie snugly between them when folded, as shown in Fig. 1.

In converting the device into a la p Or candle stand the bolt 14 iswithdrawnto zillow the longitudinal bracket to fold upwardly between thelegs 1 and 2, somewhat like the letter A. This brings the parallel legscloser together to secure the detachable circular top 27, which restshorizontally on the crossbraces 6 6. This top is provided with twodiagonal converging orifices 28 29, extending entirely through the topand in 'alinement with the corresponding diagonal orifices 30 30 in thecross-braces 6 6.

31 31 represent two cylindrical pins having concentric cylindrical heads32 32 formed with beveled ends 33 33, said heads snugly engaging thechambers 34 34 in the upper face of the top 27, so that their beveledends are flush with the upper face of said top. 1 The shanks of the pins31 31 extend through c the orifices 28 29 in the top 27 and through thealined orifices 30 30 in the cross-braces 6 6 to secure the top in placeon the legs land 2 in a rigid perpendicular position.

Having thus fully-described my invention,

what "I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is-

1. A convertible hat-rack and table, comprising the legs 1 and 2provided with the projecting pegs or studs 25, in-combinati-on with thelongitudinal brace, comprising the members 9 and 10, secured at theirouter ends by hinges 12 '12, and connected at their inner ends by thehinge 13, the bolt 14 secured to the upper face of one member andadapted to engage the keeper 15, secured to the contiguous face of theopposite member, the rods 16 16 hinged at their outer ends to the legs 1and 2, and at their inner converging ends to the longitudinal brace 910, and formed with a hinged joint 17, a sleeve 20, encompassing eachrod, and adapted to be held in place on the joint 17, by the pin 21,substantially as shown and described.

2 The combination with the legs 1 and 2, adjustably connected at theirlower ends by the longitudinal centrally-hinged brace 9 10,

provided with the bolt 14 and having their Witnesses:

CHARLES BLACK, -A. H. YOUNG.

